Paul Holbach wrote:
Owen wrote:
There is some x such that it is non-existent, is nonsense at best.
... unless you are able to define "there is" in such a way that it is
ontologically neutral.
I'm afraid I have to admit that such an ontologically non-committing
use is possible:
"There are objects that don't exist"
<->
"One finds objects of thought that don't exist."
"We have objects in mind that don't exist."
I'm afraid further that we couldn't *formally* talk
about those (objects that don't exist), without some
distorted description of what they really are.
#PH
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